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A Desert Bride – ebook
Hume Nisbet
Ronald Makivor and Jack Bangles decided to find the „peacock throne” of Shah Jehan, who, as they say, Nadir Shah took away from Delhi. Their adventures begin with fleeing wide legs from the rebellious sepoys. Over time, they enter the service of the Afghan prince – a model of knightly honor – who must have been very unlike his compatriots, unless they are greatly offended by the general message. In...Data dostępności:
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The Power of Darkness – ebook
Leo Tolstoy
The very concept of „The Power of Darkness” for Tolstoy corresponds to the Gospel, where darkness is identified with the concept of hell and death, and light with hope and paradise. The Power of Darkness expresses not only religious, but also philosophical ideas of the great Russian writer. Darkness is the moral blindness of people who commit a crime in order to satisfy the most base motives. The power...Data dostępności:
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The Dolliver Romance – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dr. Dolliver, a worthy character of great antiquity. A person’s desire for an immortal existence, an attempt to satisfy which would be stated in various ways: first, through the selfish old sensualist, Colonel Dabni, who greedily grabbed the mysterious elixir and took his draft so that he died on the spot; then, through the plain old Grandir, longing to live for Pansy; and, perhaps, through Pansy herself,...Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of Kirby O’Donnell – ebook
Robert E. Howard
One of Robert E. Howard’s lesser known fictional characters, Kirby O’Donnell is an American treasure hunter in early-twentieth century Afghanistan disguised as a Kurdish merchant, „Ali el Ghazi”. „Ali el Ghazi” is a master of edged weapons, fiercely intelligent, tigerishly quick, and a merciless killer when threatened. Kirby O’Donnell is similar to another of Howard’s characters, El Borak, in many...Data dostępności:
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The Holographic World. Genetically Ideal Individuals – ebook
Iwona Gajda
The Holographic World is a somber vision of humanity toward the end of its subsistence. A place where love does not exist. The creatures that inhabit it are genetically modified, they are not capable of feeling empathy as well as they have lost the ability of distinguishing between right and wrong. They are genderless, they neither procreate nor build closer relationships. They live alone, striving...Data dostępności:
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Max Carrados – ebook
Ernest Bramah
Delightful collection of mysteries of the first blind detective. In 1914, Ernest Bramah published his first collection of Carrados stories, „Max Carrados”. Max Carrados is a detective who has developed his own remaining senses to a superior level and who has enlisted the superior observations skills of his butler to fill in for any deficiency of his own. He is a cerebral detective, solving the crimes...Data dostępności:
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The Eye of Osiris – ebook
R. Austin Freeman
„The Eye of Osiris”, published in 1911, was the second of R. Austin Freeman’s many Dr. Thorndyke mystery novels. Here the great expert in medical jurisprudence will encounter the mysteries of ancient Egypt – without ever leaving London. The cast of characters is rich in Egyptologists. A wealthy old man, John Bellingham, collector of Egyptian antiquities, has disappeared without a trace. His brother...Data dostępności:
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Bestiariusz krakowski – ebook
Rostworowski Bogusław
Słoń, nosorożec i tygrys na elewacjach kamienic Starego Miasta? Dzięki bogato zdobionemu i dowcipnemu literackiemu przewodnikowi po zakamarkach Krakowa odkryjesz, skąd się tam wzięły. Turyści uwielbiają nie tylko panoramy, ale również szczegóły. Dokumentując swoje wędrówki, często poszukują takich detali, po to by je uwiecznić, a także cieszyć się własną spostrzegawczością i umiejętnością wyłuskiwania...Data dostępności:
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